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San Francisco in the 1930s : the WPA Guide to the City by the Bay / Federal Writers Project of the Work Projects Administration ; introduction by David Kipen.
- Title
- San Francisco in the 1930s : the WPA Guide to the City by the Bay / Federal Writers Project of the Work Projects Administration ; introduction by David Kipen.
- Author
- Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration of Northern California
- Publication
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | F869.S3 W95 2011 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Kipen, David
- Description
- xxv, 531 p. : ill., maps; 21 cm.
- Summary
- "San Francisco has no single landmark by which the world may identify it," according to San Francisco in the 1930s, originally published in 1940. This would surely come as a surprise to the millions who know and love the Golden Gate Bridge or recognize the Transamerica Building's pyramid. This invaluable Depression-era guide to San Francisco relates the city's history from the vantage point of the 1930s, describing its culture and highlighting the important tourist attractions of the time. David Kipen's lively introduction revisits the city's literary heritage--from Bret Harte to Kenneth Rexroth, Jade Snow Wong, and Allen Ginsberg--as well as its most famous landmarks and historic buildings. This rich and evocative volume, resonant with portraits of neighborhoods and districts, allows us a unique opportunity to travel back in time and savor the City by the Bay as it used to be.
- Alternative Title
- WPA guide to the City by the Bay
- San Francisco, the bay and its cities
- American guide series
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Guidebooks
- History
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Hastings House, 1940, as part of the American guide series. Title of rev. 2d ed. (1947) was: San Francisco, the bay and its cities.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 501-504) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9780520268807 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0520268806 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2010940090
- OCLC
- 668191541
- SCSB-12472839
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library